Improvement in hobby-horse swings



H0bby-Horse Swings.

A. VCBANDALL.

Patented May 21,1873; 3

' AM. pnqv wu-masmPnlc c0. rm ossomzb macgsq) JESSE A. ORANDALL, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOBBY-HORSE SWINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,371, dated May 27,1873; application filed March 24, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: 7

' Be it known that I, JEssE A. CRANDALL, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Toy- HorseCradle, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of my improved toy-horsecradle. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof on the line 0'c, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention relates to a new toy-horse cradle for children, in whichthe movement of the heads, necks, tails, and feet of horses are imitatedwithout displacing their supports on the floor. My invention consists,chiefly,in suspending from the movable front and back parts of animitation horse a cradle or seat in such manner that when the occupantof the seat draws the rein which is connected with the horses heads ornecks it will cause these heads or necks to be swung back ward, thecradle or seat meanwhile moving forward. This motion is the feature ofspecial novelty in the present invention. Toy horse cradles asheretofore made'had the'motiorrof the seat and horses neck usuallyparallel-that is to say, when the seat moved back the horses neck andhead would move back too, and they would also both move forward at thesame time. By obtaining the opposite direction, however, a better effectis produced and a greater degree of amusement for the occupants insured.I attain this object by securing the seat or cradle to the feet of theimitation horse, which, being outward of the pivots of the head, neck,and tail portions, of course move in a direction opposite to that of theupper or head parts.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents the centralsupporting-frame of my improved toy-horse cradle. This frame consists oftwo upright standards, a a, which, at their upper ends, form the middleportion of the imitation horses body. By the bars I), which are rigidlyfastened to the inner sides of the standards a, the same are connectedwith the head and back portions B O of the horses, respectively, whichback and head portions are pivoted to the side bar or strap b, asclearly shown in Fig. 1. The standard on forms circular sockets toreceive the circular parts of the front and back portions B and O in themanner shown, the. circles being described from the pivot points astheir centers. D is aseat or cradle fitted between the two standards aa, and connected, by lower straps or braces 61 d, with the feet a f ofthe front and.

back parts B and C, respectively. The feet e of the front parts areforward of the front pivots g, while the feet f of the back parts arebackward of the back pivots h. When the occupant of the seat D draws therein i, which connects with a cross bar, j, of the horses heads, ordirectly with those heads, it will swing them backward, and therebybring the feet e forward and draw the cradle D or seat forward. \Vhensubsequently the weight of the cradle and occupant causes the same toswing backward again the necks and heads of B will move forward. In thismanner theeffect l hereinabove indicated will be fully attained.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'- l. The carriage D connected with the vibrate in g parts B O of thehorses below, and respectively in front and back of the points ofsuspension of said carriage, whereby it is made to move in a reversedirection to the upper portions of the parts B O, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

2. The combination of the central uprights a a with the vibratingportions Band 0, seat or cradle D, and brace 01, all arranged to operatein the manner indicated.

J. A. ORANDALL.

Witnesses:

A. V. BRIESEN, MICHAEL RYAN.

